Compromise 2 - Analysis of the DSM-5 PRs

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Compromise 2 - Analysis of the DSM-5 PRs
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Antonia D'orsay
February 13, 2010 3:30 PM


http://www.bilerico.com/2010/02/compromise_2_-_analysis_of_the_dsm-5_prs.php


What determines the treatment is subject to a lot of other factors, and the organization that most heavily impacts the lives of trans folk in the United States is the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, or WPATH.  WPATH is the organization that is charged with developing the Standards of Care. It just so happens that many members of the team that developed the Revisions here are members of the WPATH. Several of the researchers and people mentioned in previous articles are even past presidents of the organization (the current president is Walter O. Bockting). The members of WPATH work with trans folk on a fairly continuous basis, and in general are responsible for the changes we see presented now in the proposed revisions.